NBC kicked off the night with Ellen’s Game of Games (0.7, 3.70M) in repeats, scored best stats of the night, followed by the second-season debut of Trial & Error: Lady, Killer (0.6, 3.26M) at 9 PM. A second, 9:30 PM Trial & Error: Lady, Killer (0.5, 2.69M) broadcast posted series low but retained 79% of lead-in, on par with Season 1 retention.

CBS (1.0, 5.10M) won Thursday night , followed by Fox (0.9, 2.83M) in the demo and NBC (0.6, 3.06M) in total viewers. ABC (0.5, 2.82M) landed in fourth place in both metrics, ahead of CW (0.1, 560K) which broadcast Supernatural (0.1, 630K) and Black Lightning (0.1, 490K).